Just in Time Trivia Quiz

Answer: Pink Floyd

"Time" is a popular title. Some other artists who've had a song simply called "Time" include David Bowie and The Alan Parsons Project, and oddly enough, it was Alan Parsons who recorded the chiming clocks that appear at the beginning of the Pink Floyd song. "Time" appeared on Pink Floyd's 1973 "The Dark Side of the Moon" album and was the B-side of their single "Us and Them". Writing credit for the song went to all four members of the band, with David Gilmour and Richard Wright sharing lead vocals. Roger Waters wrote the somber lyrics about time slipping away and not realizing it until it's too late.

Answer: The Zombies

Written by Rod Argent, "Time of the Season" was the last song on the Zombies' 1968 album "Odessey and Oracle" (sic). It was the most successful of the singles released from the album, reaching number one in Canada and number three in the U.S. The song has been covered or sampled by a diverse group of artists including Scott Weiland, The Guess Who, Dave Matthews Band, and Eminem, and it has been featured in multiple films including "Awakenings", "The Conjuring", and "All the Money in the World".

Answer: The Rolling Stones

"The Last Time" was the first single by the Rolling Stones to have been written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards. The Stones had an earlier hit with another "time" song, "Time Is on My Side", but that song was written by Jerry Ragovoy/Norman Meade. Richards admitted that "The Last Time" was a reworking of a 1958 song "This May Be the Last Time" by the Staple Singers, but he claimed it was a traditional gospel song and thus not a copyright infringement.

The song hit number one in the U.K. and number nine in the U.S. and Canada in 1965.

Answer: Chicago

"Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?" appeared on Chicago's 1969 debut album, "Chicago Transit Authority", but the song wasn't released as a single until late 1970, after two songs from their second album had become hits. The jazz fusion song reached number seven on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and number two in Canada.

The song was written by singer/keyboardist Robert Lamm who said that the inspiration for the song came from once hearing someone give the answer, "does anybody really know what time it is?" when asked for the time.

Answer: Peter Gabriel

"Big Time" was the fourth single off of Peter Gabriel's massively successful 1986 album, "So". Written by Gabriel, the song featured the Police's Stewart Copeland on drums and producer Daniel Lanois on surf guitar. The song was released with a claymation video similar to the one created for "Sledgehammer", the first single released from the album. "Big Time" hit number eight on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, thirteen in the U.K., and fifteen in Canada.

Answer: Glen Campbell

Jimmy Webb wrote "By the Time I Get to Phoenix", and Johnny Rivers originally recorded it in 1965, but it is Glen Campbell's 1967 version that is best-known and performed the best on the charts, hitting number one in Canada and number two on the U.S. country charts. Campbell's recording also picked up two Grammy Awards: "Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male" and "Best Contemporary Male Solo Vocal Performance". Campbell later recorded a medley of the song with Anne Murray that also topped the Canadian charts.

Answer: Cher

Written by Diane Warren, "If I Could Turn Back Time" was a single from Cher's nineteenth album, "Heart of Stone", released in 1989. Warren stated that she had to persuade Cher to record the song, which turned out to be a good thing as the song ended up being a massive come-back hit for Cher, hitting number three on the US Billboard charts, number six on the UK singles charts, and number one in Australia.

The memorable video for the song featured Cher wearing a revealing body stocking while cavorting around the USS Missouri battleship.

Answer: Cyndi Lauper

"Girls Just Wanna Have Fun" may have introduced us to Cyndi Lauper, but it was "Time After Time" that was her first Billboard number one song in the U.S. The song also reached number one in Canada and hit number three in the U.K. and New Zealand and number six in Australia. Co-written by Lauper and Rob Hyman (of the band The Hooters), the song appeared on Lauper's 1983 album "She's So Unusual".

The title came from the 1979 Malcolm McDowell "Jack the Ripper" film, "Time After Time", but the lyrics were about the challenges in a romantic relationship.

Answer: Boston

"Foreplay/Long Time" was the second single from Boston's 1976 self-titled debut album. Guitarist/organist Tom Scholz wrote the songs, with "Foreplay" being the instrumental introduction, but the two songs are rarely separated, hence the title. Scholz stated he had written "Foreplay" back in the 1960s, and it was the first song he'd ever recorded.

The single reached number twenty-two on the U.S. Billboard charts and number nine on the Canadian charts. The band Phish were apparently fond of the song; they've performed a bluegrass version and a full electric cover of the song at some of their concerts.

Answer: Jim Croce

Written by Jim Croce, "Time in a Bottle" appeared on his 1972 album, "You Don't Mess Around with Jim". The title song and "Operator" were the original singles from the album; there hadn't been any plans to release "Time in a Bottle" as a single, but after it was featured in a 1973 made-for-television film called "She Lives", the song started getting a lot of airplay.

Then following Croce's death in a plane crash in September 1973, "Time in a Bottle" was released as a single. The song reached number one in both the U.S. and Canada, three months following Croce's death.